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Was he really that bad? Wasn't the predecessor dude the guy who said something along the lines of "all games will require an Internet connection, you cavemen" o

by karim79 8mo ago

Was he really that bad? Wasn't the predecessor dude the guy who said something along the lines of "all games will require an Internet connection, you cavemen" or something along those lines?

galkk 8mo ago
Yes. One of very recent examples: handheld Xbox. There are rumors about upcoming handheld Xbox. Many like the idea It is announced, marketed as handheld Xbox (asus xbox ally x). Quite expensive, but okay. After some time (!) they reveal that this handheld Xbox actually won’t play your Xbox games/subscription. It will play your pc subscription and pc games. Wtf Literally about time when the sales of the device actually start, Microsoft racks up the price of Xbox ultimate from $20 to $30 per month. They unsubscribe page is overloaded. How any coherent management would allow this?
ThrowawayB7 8mo ago
Xbox has been languishing badly and Microsoft games in general have not been doing very well over the past decade despite gaming becoming completely mainstream so one might suspect that he is being retired rather than retiring. Yes, he was better than Mattrick but that was a very, very low bar to clear. I will give Spencer a bit of credit though for bringing back Microsoft Flight Simulator.
- tylerflick 8mo ago
  2020 yes. 2024 on PS5 IMO was a waste of money. The problem is they both require tons of computing power to run smoothly and look good.
- karim79 8mo ago
  I want to agree but I don't see the greener grass at all. Please bear in mind that this is totally anecdotal. I own all three major consoles. My PS5 has been switched on about six times since I purchased it at the time the PSVR2 was released. Is it because I'm not into the funky and weird JRPG titles or am I just sold to the Xbox ecosystem? I play Xbox almost every single day. My PS5 is just using up space and for two titles which didn't fully grip me (Horizon and The Last of Us). What am I missing here? Is the answer PC/Steam?
  - bathtub365 8mo ago
    I haven’t looked at the specifics but it’s seemed to me that for years anything that came out on Xbox also came out on PC on the same date, and the PC has titles that aren’t on either Xbox or PS5. There are a lot of games that come out on PS5 and then either never come to PC or there’s a year+ delay. Thats why I have a PC and a PS5 and haven’t considered buying an Xbox for a long time.
  - tapoxi 8mo ago
    You're sold to the Xbox ecosystem. All Xbox games are available on PS5. You can play Forza Horizon just fine on PS5 but Ghost of Yotei is never coming to Xbox. Microsoft had to do this because Xbox sales are dismal (below Xbox One) and they're being outsold 3:1.
    - karim79 8mo ago
      I'm probably sold as you said. There's no Halo on PS5, there's no Gears either. Not much into racing games so wouldn't know. Ghosts of...Yes, I agree. I still need to get through the first one. I still think I'm one of those outliers who isn't into games with cartoony graphics and titles like: " Re:Coded Genesis — Moonlight Ephemera & The Seven-Fold Path of the Crimson Paradox: Definitive Resonance Edition" (Disclaimer: I used AI to generate that ridiculous title and I think it's funny) Edit: Daid -> Said
      - Narishma 8mo ago
        > There's no Halo on PS5, there's no Gears either. There's Gears Reloaded, and the upcoming Halo remake will be on PS5.
      - tapoxi 8mo ago
        Microsoft already announced Halo is coming to PS5. There are no more Xbox-exclusive games.
      - TheAngush 8mo ago
        Funky and weird JRPG titles and games with cartoony graphics and ridiculous titles are (a) a small percentage of the PlayStation library given that >99% of games are cross-platform, (b) not nearly global enough in their appeal or sales figures to make any disinterested persons the outliers, and (c) in my experience, many of them also release on Xbox, Switch, and/or PC. I own no consoles and am neutral on JRPGs and cartoony graphics, so I have no skin in this game. But you seem oddly focused on writing off a functionally identical piece of hardware based on the existence of one particular genre that doesn't interest you.
- coffeebeqn 8mo ago
  I truly don’t understand how they bought so many legendary studios and haven’t come up with anything great from any of them.
carefree-bob 8mo ago
Yeah, there was a nice youtube documentary about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYCYHKOChA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYCYHKOChA4 MS appointing someone with no game experience isn't a good sign, but to be expected at this point. Gamers abandoned the platform and I don't expect it to survive much longer.
- nebula8804 8mo ago
  That documentary looks like it pulled content from Microsoft's own commissioning of a documentary (an excellent one where they pull no punches on the mistakes they made). While most of it focused on the original Xbox going into 360 the last episode discusses the Xbox One years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1h--43R8Oo&list=PL0il2l-B_WwadxfTkK3-NLoYNcQEHdBGO&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1h--43R8Oo&list=PL0il2l-B_W...
  - throwaway85825 8mo ago
    The one where they downplayed bumpgate?
    - nebula8804 8mo ago
      God I wish I could just block throwaway accounts sometimes. Since your snark indicates that you clearly have watched the documentary that I am referring to here is the youtube captions of the relevant segment: "In order to fix this problem, breakthrough came when we understood that the connections that were being broken were not located on the motherboard but they're actually located inside the components. The problem was a connection was breaking. The reason it was breaking was thermal, but it wasn't because of the peak temperature; is because when the unit would get hot and then cold, hot and then cold, every time it did that would stress the connection. All these people loved playing video games, so they would turn this thing on and off, and when it would turn on and off you get all sorts of stresses, and just like when you you bend something too many times till it finally breaks, that's what was happening." Lets put aside that of the million plus people watching RIP Felix's "research" only a handful of people actually have the technical expertise to confirm or deny his thesis. Regardless of if his "research" is valid or not, his video is not exactly a mass market documentary like the Microsoft one was. The caption above does a good job of generally explaining the issue to normies and then moving on because you know they have like 18 years of history to cover. Its only a small cadre of weirdos that like to take this ~30 seconds of footage and blow it out of proportion.
etempleton 8mo ago
No, Phil was quite a good exec I believe, but he was dealt a bad hand and never really was able to play his way out of it. I also think he was hamstrung by Microsoft leadership outside of Xbox and the general push toward AI. There were some issues under his leadership. Notably game quality and timeliness languished under his tenure.
- throwaway85825 8mo ago
  Phil was a terrible exec who confused buying things for growth. The ABK acquisition was a disaster. He wanted to buy Nintendo and valve too. They gave him all the cash he wanted and he just lit it on fire.
duped 8mo ago
Virtually all of Microsoft Gaming revenue growth over the last few years has come from the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard.

by karim79 8mo ago

Was he really that bad? Wasn't the predecessor dude the guy who said something along the lines of "all games will require an Internet connection, you cavemen" or something along those lines?

galkk 8mo ago

Yes. One of very recent examples: handheld Xbox. There are rumors about upcoming handheld Xbox. Many like the idea It is announced, marketed as handheld Xbox (asus xbox ally x). Quite expensive, but okay. After some time (!) they reveal that this handheld Xbox actually won’t play your Xbox games/subscription. It will play your pc subscription and pc games. Wtf Literally about time when the sales of the device actually start, Microsoft racks up the price of Xbox ultimate from $20 to $30 per month. They unsubscribe page is overloaded. How any coherent management would allow this?

ThrowawayB7 8mo ago

Xbox has been languishing badly and Microsoft games in general have not been doing very well over the past decade despite gaming becoming completely mainstream so one might suspect that he is being retired rather than retiring. Yes, he was better than Mattrick but that was a very, very low bar to clear. I will give Spencer a bit of credit though for bringing back Microsoft Flight Simulator.

tylerflick 8mo ago
2020 yes. 2024 on PS5 IMO was a waste of money. The problem is they both require tons of computing power to run smoothly and look good.
karim79 8mo ago
I want to agree but I don't see the greener grass at all. Please bear in mind that this is totally anecdotal. I own all three major consoles. My PS5 has been switched on about six times since I purchased it at the time the PSVR2 was released. Is it because I'm not into the funky and weird JRPG titles or am I just sold to the Xbox ecosystem? I play Xbox almost every single day. My PS5 is just using up space and for two titles which didn't fully grip me (Horizon and The Last of Us). What am I missing here? Is the answer PC/Steam?
- bathtub365 8mo ago
  I haven’t looked at the specifics but it’s seemed to me that for years anything that came out on Xbox also came out on PC on the same date, and the PC has titles that aren’t on either Xbox or PS5. There are a lot of games that come out on PS5 and then either never come to PC or there’s a year+ delay. Thats why I have a PC and a PS5 and haven’t considered buying an Xbox for a long time.
- tapoxi 8mo ago
  You're sold to the Xbox ecosystem. All Xbox games are available on PS5. You can play Forza Horizon just fine on PS5 but Ghost of Yotei is never coming to Xbox. Microsoft had to do this because Xbox sales are dismal (below Xbox One) and they're being outsold 3:1.
  - karim79 8mo ago
    I'm probably sold as you said. There's no Halo on PS5, there's no Gears either. Not much into racing games so wouldn't know. Ghosts of...Yes, I agree. I still need to get through the first one. I still think I'm one of those outliers who isn't into games with cartoony graphics and titles like: " Re:Coded Genesis — Moonlight Ephemera & The Seven-Fold Path of the Crimson Paradox: Definitive Resonance Edition" (Disclaimer: I used AI to generate that ridiculous title and I think it's funny) Edit: Daid -> Said
    - Narishma 8mo ago
      > There's no Halo on PS5, there's no Gears either. There's Gears Reloaded, and the upcoming Halo remake will be on PS5.
    - tapoxi 8mo ago
      Microsoft already announced Halo is coming to PS5. There are no more Xbox-exclusive games.
    - TheAngush 8mo ago
      Funky and weird JRPG titles and games with cartoony graphics and ridiculous titles are (a) a small percentage of the PlayStation library given that >99% of games are cross-platform, (b) not nearly global enough in their appeal or sales figures to make any disinterested persons the outliers, and (c) in my experience, many of them also release on Xbox, Switch, and/or PC. I own no consoles and am neutral on JRPGs and cartoony graphics, so I have no skin in this game. But you seem oddly focused on writing off a functionally identical piece of hardware based on the existence of one particular genre that doesn't interest you.
coffeebeqn 8mo ago
I truly don’t understand how they bought so many legendary studios and haven’t come up with anything great from any of them.

carefree-bob 8mo ago

Yeah, there was a nice youtube documentary about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYCYHKOChA4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYCYHKOChA4 MS appointing someone with no game experience isn't a good sign, but to be expected at this point. Gamers abandoned the platform and I don't expect it to survive much longer.

nebula8804 8mo ago
That documentary looks like it pulled content from Microsoft's own commissioning of a documentary (an excellent one where they pull no punches on the mistakes they made). While most of it focused on the original Xbox going into 360 the last episode discusses the Xbox One years https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1h--43R8Oo&list=PL0il2l-B_WwadxfTkK3-NLoYNcQEHdBGO&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1h--43R8Oo&list=PL0il2l-B_W...
- throwaway85825 8mo ago
  The one where they downplayed bumpgate?
  - nebula8804 8mo ago
    God I wish I could just block throwaway accounts sometimes. Since your snark indicates that you clearly have watched the documentary that I am referring to here is the youtube captions of the relevant segment: "In order to fix this problem, breakthrough came when we understood that the connections that were being broken were not located on the motherboard but they're actually located inside the components. The problem was a connection was breaking. The reason it was breaking was thermal, but it wasn't because of the peak temperature; is because when the unit would get hot and then cold, hot and then cold, every time it did that would stress the connection. All these people loved playing video games, so they would turn this thing on and off, and when it would turn on and off you get all sorts of stresses, and just like when you you bend something too many times till it finally breaks, that's what was happening." Lets put aside that of the million plus people watching RIP Felix's "research" only a handful of people actually have the technical expertise to confirm or deny his thesis. Regardless of if his "research" is valid or not, his video is not exactly a mass market documentary like the Microsoft one was. The caption above does a good job of generally explaining the issue to normies and then moving on because you know they have like 18 years of history to cover. Its only a small cadre of weirdos that like to take this ~30 seconds of footage and blow it out of proportion.

etempleton 8mo ago

No, Phil was quite a good exec I believe, but he was dealt a bad hand and never really was able to play his way out of it. I also think he was hamstrung by Microsoft leadership outside of Xbox and the general push toward AI. There were some issues under his leadership. Notably game quality and timeliness languished under his tenure.

throwaway85825 8mo ago
Phil was a terrible exec who confused buying things for growth. The ABK acquisition was a disaster. He wanted to buy Nintendo and valve too. They gave him all the cash he wanted and he just lit it on fire.

duped 8mo ago

Virtually all of Microsoft Gaming revenue growth over the last few years has come from the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard.